Sentence examples for were deceiving from inspiring English sources

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were deceiving

verb

To trick or mislead.

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But looks were deceiving.

This time, appearances were deceiving.

Interestingly, he said the statistics were deceiving.

As is often the case, appearances were deceiving.

Meanwhile, the subsequent revelation that appearances were deceiving is someone else's problem.

I wondered if my eyes were deceiving me, but they weren't.

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We were deceived.

The story sounds convenient: investors were deceived!

They were deceived.

Averages can be deceiving.

Appearances can be deceiving.

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